Women in the War

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Women in the War

• By Sanjay, Maddy and Laine!

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Pay attention
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Table of Contents

• What Happened in the beginning (Laine)
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• What was the 19th Amendment (Maddy)
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• Famous People (Laine)
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• Katherine Stinson (Sanjay)
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• Carrie Chapman Catt (Laine)
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• Review Question (Maddy)
  Pg.9
• Review Quiz (Sanjay)
  Pg.10
• Thank You (Everyone)
  Pg.11

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What happened in the beginning

• In the beginning, the government DID NOT let
  women fight in the war. So a lot of the women
  took over the jobs that the men left and the
  women took the jobs to stay wealthy. Sometimes
  they would even have to go to different countries
  for jobs. Here are some of the jobs.
• Mechanics
• Farmers
• Nurses- Ambulance drivers (witch they went to
  Europe to do)
• Fighter pilots
• Some worked in weapon factories

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What was the 19th amendment

• A lot of the women's work brought a lot of
  thought to mind witch brought out the 19th
  Amendment in 1920. Witch stated Women have the
  Write to vote. I brought a lot of joy to the
  women.

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Famous People

• There were a couple of women that made some
  changes during the war. Here are a few of them.
• Katherine Stinson- her mother
• Carrie Chapman Catt

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Katherine Stinson

• Katherine Stinson, she lived in San Antonio,
  Texas, She really wanted to start and to become a
  fighter pilot in the World War 1. Katherine was
  starting to fly in the year 1910, and her mother
  also opened a flying school in 1913. But the army
  would still not let her fly in the war. So
  instead she decided to fly across the US to help
  raise money for RED CROSS. Then she also went to
  Europe to be a Ambulance Driver.

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Carrie Chapman Catt

• Carrie Chapman Catt was a womens suffrage
  leader. Carrie named the 19th amendment, The
  greatest thing that came out of the war.

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Review Question

• How did women help in War Time???
• A lot of the women helped by taking the jobs that
  the men left to go to the war. Here are the
  examples of the jobs they took over. Mechanics,
  Farmers and Police Officers. But there is a lot
  more. They took over these jobs so they could
  stay alive.

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Review Quiz

• What was the 19th amendment?
• The 19th Amendment was to give the women the
  opportunity to vote.
• What did Katherine Stinson want to do in the war?
• She wanted to be a fighter pilot.

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Thank You